By Amy Phillips
on July 22, 2014 at 2:46 p.m. EDT

SBTRKT, aka Aaron Jerome, has announced his new album, Wonder Where We Land. That's the cover art up there, and a creepy teaser video, below. SBTRKT has also released a new track called "New Dorp New York", featuring Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig. It was premiered today on BBC Radio 1. Listen to it above via Details of My Life.

By Evan Minsker
on March 10, 2014 at 3:08 p.m. EDT

Photo by Pooneh Ghana

American Psycho/Less Than Zero author Bret Easton Ellis is also a podcast host—he's previously recorded conversations with Kanye West, the National's Matt Berninger, and others. Today, he's shared a talk with Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig. They chatted about the difference between millennials and baby boomers, the evolution of art criticism, the notion of "relevant", the internet, Vampire Weekend's early reputation as the "whitest band ever", how Koenig feels when other bands talk shit, and much more. Stream it below, or download it here.

By Evan Minsker
on March 2, 2014 at 10:01 p.m. EST

Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O performed "The Moon Song", her Oscar-nominated track from Spike Jonze's film Her, during the 86th Academy Awards. She was joined on acoustic guitar by Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig, who sat next to her on stage in front of a giant moon. Ezra wore red socks that matched Karen O's dress. (Karen O, meanwhile, removed her heels for the performance.) Watch below.

By Carrie Battan
on February 10, 2014 at 4:19 p.m. EST

Spike Jonze's film Her features a simple guitar duet between Joaquin Phoenix and his OS love interest (voiced by Scarlett Johansson), titled "Moon Song". Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O, who co-wrote the track with Jonze, also recorded a solo studio version. Now Rolling Stone has a version of the song that features Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig opposite Karen O. Per Rolling Stone, there's a three-song Moon Song EP coming on iTunes this week.

By Carrie Battan
on November 22, 2013 at 11:28 a.m. EST

"I think that anybody who's anti-selfie is really just a hater. Because, truthfully, why shouldn't people take pictures of themselves? When I'm on Instagram and I see that somebody took a picture of themselves, I'm like, 'Thank you.' I don't need to see a picture of the sky, the trees, plants. There's only one you... There's all this bullshit about 'the younger kids today are more self-absorbed.' It's like, give me a fucking break! I've been in nursing homes, where my grandma is. I've seen some of the most selfish people on the planet in there... And the world that these kids are born into literally could not get more selfish. The world is so fucked-up and unequal and full of assholes. You can't blame it on the younger generation."

By Carrie Battan
on November 15, 2013 at 11:28 a.m. EST

Photo by Pooneh Ghana

Yesterday Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig joined the BBC's Zane Lowe for an installment of "Versus", in which Lowe goes head-to-head with a band or artist, selecting songs in rounds with various themes. This time, it was Ezra vs. Zane, and each theme was based on a Vampire Weekend song title.